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exactly, or cancellara, that as a junior and u23 was a pure itt specialist/short stage races

He rode most of his U23 years for Mapei lol.

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Originally Posted by Ryo Hazuki

horrible. boonen just the same guy as years before and this course is too hard for him. that's why he rode like a coward there were at least 3 guys stronger than boonen today and none of them won: sagan, ballan, pozzato

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Originally Posted by The Hitch

Goss will woop boonens candy ass in a sprint he cares about, any day of the week

In my case I am really looking forward to seeing Phinney next year. I think he can do a good race in Roubaix 8 and perhaps in Flandes ).
On the other hand it is Sagan´s and Hagen´s time to win a monument.........we´ll see. But Cancellara and Boonen need successors

If they are gonna win a monument coming spring it has to be M-SR.

Canc/Boonen is in a different dimension on the cobbles.

To win in San remo one need an early season form, which necessarily will fade a little for P-R.

Regardless, he rode his first Ronde van Vlaanderen at age 22 and his first Roubaix at age 23(coming in fourth).

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Originally Posted by Ryo Hazuki

horrible. boonen just the same guy as years before and this course is too hard for him. that's why he rode like a coward there were at least 3 guys stronger than boonen today and none of them won: sagan, ballan, pozzato

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Originally Posted by The Hitch

Goss will woop boonens candy ass in a sprint he cares about, any day of the week